My mom worked in medical records at a small hospital. The way she explained it to me was that insurance companies negotiate prices way down, and expect to. So i

My mom worked in medical records at a small hospital. The way she explained it to me was that insurance companies negotiate prices way down, and expect to. So in order to make enough money to cover costs, the hospital has to put astronomical sticker prices on everything so that insurance can "talk them down" to the actual price they expect to receive. Mostly our healthcare system is completely fucked and we should all feel bad.